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Archive for September, 2008

Mitsubishi FL6900U projector is great for pub and commercial use

Daniel Lim, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

The new Mitsubishi commercial and education projector is a great candidate for a pub. It’s quiet, bright and only weights about 21lb. I would consider it rather light for a commercial size projector. The native full 1080P projector uses 3x 1.1-inch LCD durable inorganic panels and can pump out 4000 lumens with estimated lamp life up to 4000 hours. The beam is capable of throwing 60-inch to 250-inch of HD pictures. Read The Full Story

Hitachi revealed 15mm thin 37-inch LCD at CEATEC 2008

Daniel Lim, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

At CEATEC 2008, Hitachi demonstrated an Alpha IPS 32-inch WXGA LCD panel with 19mm at its thinnest part. A year later, the company has rolled up a new prototype with thinner profile, bigger screen at Full HD resolution. As reported last week, the new 37-inch IPS LCD panel has 15mm at its thinnest part. It also features an RGB backlit LCD panel with Full HD resolution of 1920x1080. Read The Full Story

Samsung VM-MX25E video camera uses H.264 codec

Brenda Stokes, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [1]

If you like to film a lot of impromptu video or simply want a recording solution for traveling and what not, the Samsung VM-MX25E digital media camcorder has the H.264 codec, making uploading videos straight to YouTube incredibly easy. Read The Full Story

Bioshock Big Daddy costume is perfect for Halloween

Brenda Stokes, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [3]

Oh, there's nothing like what's produced when people have too much time on their hands. Take this Big Daddy costume based on the bulky characters from the Bioshock video game. On the one hand, it's nerdy but on the other, completely awesome! Read The Full Story

Nissan BR23C robot can avoid accidents

Brenda Stokes, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

Nissan wants to cut the rate of accidents by 50% by the year 2015. And in order to do that, they have developed an accident-avoiding robot called the BR23C, which stands for Biomimetic Car Robot Drive. And the company's inspiration for the bots? Bees. Read The Full Story

Teddy Bear Lamp is a headless wonder

Brenda Stokes, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

Okay, so I need to speak up about something. Why oh why have there been so many abuses of the teddy bear lately? Headless teddy bear flash drives and now this lamp? What is the world coming to! But in all seriousness, the Teddy Bear Lamp is just like any other light fixture. It features a shade made from black fabric that sits on a teddy bear's body. He's soft and fuzzy but missing his head! Read The Full Story

Falcon Radio Controlled Helicopter provides ammo

Brenda Stokes, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [1]

We've been covering a lot of these radio-controlled helicopters lately, but this Falcon model is rather interesting. In fact, it offers more functionality than just flying around. Read The Full Story

Could a foldable, dual-screen netbook be in Apple’s future?

Brenda Stokes, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

Because of Apple's elusive nature, they tend to draw a lot of speculation about what their future product plans are. And however unlikely they are to be realized, they're interesting, nonetheless. Like the "Brick" Leander Kahney, a Wired Editor is fixated on. Read The Full Story

Slim Trim Razor keeps your sideburns spiffy

Brenda Stokes, Sep 29th 2008 Discuss [0]

We've all done silly things to save money. Many guys try to groom their own sideburns and the results can be disastrous and obvious. No one wants that lopsided look, so to avoid such grooming errors, there's the Slim Trim Razor. Read The Full Story

Sega Toys’ Handheld Aquarium is a fun diversion

Brenda Stokes, Sep 29th 2008 Discuss [0]

Who doesn't like a little bit of useless tech once in awhile? That's exactly what the Handheld Aquarium from Sega Toys offers users in its Wiimote-crossed-with-iPod form. Read The Full Story

Synaptics add new Gestures to touchpad capabilities

Chris Davies, Sep 29th 2008 Discuss [0]

Synaptics - who, if you look in your laptop's Device Manager or equivalent, you might find make your touchpad - have announced two new gestures that their hardware supports. ChiralRotate and Two-Finger Flick will be particularly useful in photo viewing and editing apps, lending themselves naturally to - in the case of the former - rotating images, and - in the latter - moving between images. Read The Full Story

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T-Mobile G1 hands-on with ShopSavvy: Award-Winning Android App

Chris Davies, Sep 29th 2008 Discuss [1]

Android Community got to spend some more hands-on time with the T-Mobile G1 this evening, at a special developers event held in Dallas. Big In Japan – the company behind Google Application Challenge award winning app ShopSavvy – were there, demonstrating the software in action on a G1. Fully operational, we were able to scan a barcode (in this case, a Logitech webcam) and compare prices both at local stores and online.